Russell Carter Named To 2023 College Football HOF Ballot

[PonyPride]

From SMUMustangs.com:

Russell Carter Named To 2023 College Football Hall of Fame Ballot

IRVING, Texas (NFF/SMU) – SMU great Russell Carter is one of 80 players from the Football Bowl Subdivision to be included on the 2023 College Football Hall of Fame ballot, the National Football Foundation (NFF) announced today.

Carter was a unanimous First-Team All-America selection in 1983 and helped SMU to consecutive National Championships and top five final AP rankings in 1981 and 1982. He was a three-time All-Southwest Conference performer, leading SMU to a pair of league championships in 1981 and 1982. He is the Mustangs all-time career interceptions leader with 18.

Carter was a first-round draft pick by the New York Jets in 1984 and spent four season with the Jets and two with the Los Angeles Raiders.

The announcement of the 2023 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be made in early 2023, with specific details to be announced in the future.

The 2023 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be officially inducted during the 65th NFF Annual Awards Dinner on Dec. 5, 2023, and permanently immortalized at the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. They will also be honored at their respective schools with an NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salute, presented by Fidelity Investments, during the 2023 season.

The criteria for Hall of Fame consideration include:
First and foremost, a player must have received First-Team All-America recognition by a selector that is recognized by the NCAA and utilized to comprise its consensus All-America teams.
A player becomes eligible for consideration by the Foundation's Honors Courts 10 full seasons after his final year of intercollegiate football played.
While each nominee's football achievements in college are of prime consideration, his post-football record as a citizen is also weighed. He must have proven himself worthy as a citizen, carrying the ideals of football forward into his relations with his community. Consideration may also be given for academic honors and whether the candidate earned a college degree.
Players must have played their last year of intercollegiate football within the last 50 years. For example, to be eligible for the 2023 ballot, the player must have played his last year in 1973 or thereafter. In addition, players who are playing professionally and coaches who are coaching on the professional level are not eligible until after they retire.
A coach becomes eligible three full seasons after retirement or immediately following retirement provided he is at least 70 years of age. Active coaches become eligible at 75 years of age. He must have been a head football coach for a minimum of 10 years and coached at least 100 games with a .600 winning percentage.

[PerunaPunch]

'Bout time. Congratulations Mr. Carter for this well-deserved recognition regardless of how the vote goes.

[Otto]

It is absolutely shocking that he is not already enshrined. He was an amazing player.

[Arkpony]

Congrats to a great Mustang!

[peruna81]

I remember a picture in the Daily Compost of him being measured for height...coming out of HS, he looked different than the guys we saw just a couple of years earlier...an absolute machine in the D-backfield.

[smuaustin1971]

Not to mention that he was also an outstanding track athlete. Part of an NCAA championship team.
And quite imposing looking on the track...

[BUS]

Great guy. Runng scout team against him you learned. He would coach/teach you how to move him or block him... or not get yourself hurt.
That is what i remember about that team... everyone pushed everyone... in a good way.

You slacked off... your getting a bus ticket home.

[SoCal_Pony]

That is what i remember about that team... everyone pushed everyone... in a good way.

You slacked off... your getting a bus ticket home.

Lol, Bus…i know that is not how you got your nickname, but very funny use of words

[Pony4Life]

SMU's best DB ever?

[panhandle_pony]

Wes Hopinks in top 3 for sure

[peruna81]

John Simmons

[BUS]

Another really good guy... coach type at practice was Russell Washington.

Those were the days... now its just limping and aching. Lol

[Charleston Pony]

Another really good guy... coach type at practice was Russell Washington.

Those were the days... now its just limping and aching. Lol

The older we get, the better we were "back in those days". Right? As the country song says: "Youth is wasted on the young"

[BUS]

Lol.
My youth was great.